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Kingaroy - Queensland
2010 Club - ACTA Form Details here
Club Membership $25 Includes QCTA Levy
Club Membership $25 Includes QCTA Levy
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2010-2011 Committee
President: Steve Kelly 0428 242299
Vice President: Col Otto (07)4162 3582
Secretary: Max Behm (07)4162 1791
Treasurer: Robert Horn (07)4162 5552
Shoot Marshall: Mal Rankin
Club Coach: Paul Rollings Level 1
Handicapper: Steve Kelly
Office Manager: Col Otto
Ground Person: Max Behm
Providore: Scott Prendergast
Trap Mechanic: Max Behm
Auditors: Burnett Business Centre Pty Ltd
Clubhouse: Phone (07)4162 5296
Mail address - PO Box 276 Kingaroy 4610
President: Steve Kelly 0428 242299
Vice President: Col Otto (07)4162 3582
Secretary: Max Behm (07)4162 1791
Treasurer: Robert Horn (07)4162 5552
Shoot Marshall: Mal Rankin
Club Coach: Paul Rollings Level 1
Handicapper: Steve Kelly
Office Manager: Col Otto
Ground Person: Max Behm
Providore: Scott Prendergast
Trap Mechanic: Max Behm
Auditors: Burnett Business Centre Pty Ltd
Clubhouse: Phone (07)4162 5296
Mail address - PO Box 276 Kingaroy 4610
2010 Annual Shoot Results - Details here
We are located 3 Klms South of Kingaroy on Goodger Road near the airport
Please call one of our Committee Members for more information
Our club shoots competition on the first Sunday of the month - Click Program Page for more details
Visitors are most welcome
We have five DTL layouts using Canterbury Traps and Voice Release
Please call one of our Committee Members for more information
Our club shoots competition on the first Sunday of the month - Click Program Page for more details
Visitors are most welcome
We have five DTL layouts using Canterbury Traps and Voice Release
Kingaroy Shire was first settled by Europeans in 1843 when squatter and explorer Henry Stuart Russell made a selection at Burrandowan west of present-day Kingaroy.
He was followed into the area in 1846 by the haly brothers(who selected Taabinga station)
and Simon Scott(who settled at (Taromeo)
The Halys and Scott brought the first flocks of sheep to the region These were soon overtaken by dairying sawmilling and grain cropping.
In 1878 or 1879, the general area where Kingaroy now stands was selected by the Markwell brothers
James Markwell called his selection Kingaroy Paddock using a corruption of the local Wakka Wakka aboriginal people's word for "red ant" (Kingaroori) because red ants were so prevalent in the area
A corner post of his selection was located on what is now modern-day Haly Street in central Kingaroy.
A store, four more hotels and a large number of houses followed over the next few years and Kingaroy soon grew.
But as the new township expanded around the fountain of prosperity that the railhead brought to the district Taabinga Village slowly went into irreversible decline.
In 1907 Taabinga had two hotels, a fancy goods store, a butcher, post office, a photographer and a sawmill. But by 1910 records show that blocks of land in Taabinga Village were being forfeited and demand for property as practically nil.
The decimation of Australian rural populations caused by World War I proved to be the final blow to the village.
Taabinga Homestead and a few buildings were converted to a wonderful restaurant and craft shop.
He was followed into the area in 1846 by the haly brothers(who selected Taabinga station)
and Simon Scott(who settled at (Taromeo)
The Halys and Scott brought the first flocks of sheep to the region These were soon overtaken by dairying sawmilling and grain cropping.
In 1878 or 1879, the general area where Kingaroy now stands was selected by the Markwell brothers
James Markwell called his selection Kingaroy Paddock using a corruption of the local Wakka Wakka aboriginal people's word for "red ant" (Kingaroori) because red ants were so prevalent in the area
A corner post of his selection was located on what is now modern-day Haly Street in central Kingaroy.
The Birth of Kingaroy
The new railway line arrived in Kingaroy in 1904 and Daniel Carroll built the Carrollee Hotel that same year to service the railhead, This hotel is still trading today. A store, four more hotels and a large number of houses followed over the next few years and Kingaroy soon grew.
But as the new township expanded around the fountain of prosperity that the railhead brought to the district Taabinga Village slowly went into irreversible decline.
In 1907 Taabinga had two hotels, a fancy goods store, a butcher, post office, a photographer and a sawmill. But by 1910 records show that blocks of land in Taabinga Village were being forfeited and demand for property as practically nil.
The decimation of Australian rural populations caused by World War I proved to be the final blow to the village.
Taabinga Homestead and a few buildings were converted to a wonderful restaurant and craft shop.
